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    For space exploration/NASA funding: Imagine a world without things like CatScans‚ Insulin Pumps‚ modern Water Filters‚ modern Artificial Limbs‚ and so many other useful products like that. Without an agency like NASA and or just proper funding to it than a world like that could have been a reality. If one is to think about it then NASA has already showed how it has helped humanity. We believe that continued and an increase in funding towards space exploration and organizations such as NASA is and

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    crime of killing their leader‚ Julius Caesar‚ and in the end‚ the conspirators suffer the consequences. Shakespeare provides an abundance of reasoning behind each conspirator’s motive for joining the conspiracy‚ showing each individual’s true form.

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    Introduction: Christopher Columbus was born in Italy in 1451‚ was a master navigator and admiral who made four transoceanic voyages (1492-93‚ 1493-96‚ 1498-1500 and 1502-04) launched a way for all European exploration. Columbus is known for discovering the New World (The Americas) and made his journeys under the sponsorship of Queen Isabella the 1st and Kind Ferdinand the 2nd. Columbus’ family was not wealthy‚ but they did manage. His family consisted of his father Dominico Columbus‚ his mother‚ Susanna

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    Skies The Limit? The exploration of space VS The issues on earth. Aileen Johnson English Composition Introduction We live in a world where there are environmental issues that range from global warming to air pollution. Environmental scientists dedicated themselves by putting years and years into finding a long-term solution for these issues. The effects of these issues can potentially be damaging in the next couple of decades so people live I fear of what is to come

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    Quentin Staley Am Lit P2 9/30/15 The Admiral’s Letter Columbus once said “For the execution of the voyage to the Indies‚ I did not make use of intelligence‚ mathematics or maps.” simply saying that he used his mind to find his trip rather then doing the math behind it to find the correct coordinates so he sailed to sail he didn’t necessarily know where he would dock his ship. The way that this quote would relate to the current day and age would be that we still have pirates that sail without using

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    witch trials. One of the main conflicts of the play was John Proctor’s affair with Abigail Williams‚ an affair which set off the witch trials. While Abigail has many obvious flaws and may be defended‚ her role and the severity of her actions cannot be overlooked. Abigail may not deserve the entirety of the blame‚ she most certainly deserves the consequences of her actions. Abigail fell in love with John during their affair. “You loved me‚ John Proctor‚ and whatever sin it is‚ you love me yet!”(act

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    Winston Smith Winston is the protagonist of the story‚ whose unsuccessful attempts at questioning and overthrowing the Party and Big Brother symbolize the defeat of humanity at the hands of socialism. Winston becomes de-humanized when his thoughts and emotions are controlled by the Party and when all his ambitions are snuffed by Party propaganda. He lives under the close eye of Party officials and the telescreen every moment of his life‚ so that he has to control even his facial expressions so

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    with Captain John Smith who was‚ “A soldier of fortune with rare powers of leadership and self- promotion” (Tindall/Shi 29). John Smith is the very reason Jamestown survived through the harsh seasons and periods of starvation. He was able to negotiate with the Natives at the time to help them survive. The Natives had no real idea that the Englishmen wanted more than just a trade and military alliance. The real plan of the English was to seize the land and subjugate the Natives. John Smith even tries

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    John Locke vs. William Golding When interpreting what Lord of the Flies is saying about society people tend to look at John Locke to make connections about what William Golding is trying to convey to us. John Locke believed that government was meant to keep society in order and prevent chaos‚ but in order for it to work‚ the people had to be cooperative. People have a natural right to life‚ rebel‚ and speak‚ everything under the U.S. bill of rights; he was fascinated by monarchies. In The novel

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    Columbus‚ the man who discovered the new world‚ infact did not discover it‚ for it was inhabited by migrants from Asia‚ more than fifteen thousand years ago‚ almost one thousand years before Columbus landed in America. Christopher Columbus was‚ despite the arguments a Genoan man and infact Christian‚ and he had two brothers and a sister. He sailed a thirty-three day trip on his first voyage and ‘found’ America on October twelfth. But‚ before this‚ Columbus had to go through the queen in order to

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